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2012 IT Skills Demand and Pay Trends Report
Quarterly updated summary findings and analysis from the latest editions of the IT Skills & Certifications Pay Index^TM and IT Skills Volatility Index^TM

2012 IT Skills & Certifications HOT LISTS Forecast:
IT Skills That Will Increase in Value and Demand - Next 6 Months

(Current edition: May 2012)

***Both reports are produced for and provided FREE to all Foote Partners customers.***

These two trend reports from Foote Partners IT Insider Workforce Trends Series contain constantly updated market trends data and expert analysis about demand for IT skills and the current -- and future -- state of the IT labor force.

2012 IT Skills Demand and Pay Trends Report. Two of Foote Partners most popular benchmark surveys serve as its foundation --- 2012 IT Skills & Certifications Pay Index^TM and 2012 IT Skills Volatility Index^TM. 59 pages of data tables, analytical graphs and charts, and market insights on hot/cold skills and jobs from data collection through April 2012. Special 2Q 2012 edition focus: Cloud Computing, Big Data/Analytics, Mobile Platform Computing, and Security.

2012 IT Skills & Certifications HOT LIST Forecast. Synthesizes data from all Foote Partners benchmark pay survey research, comprehensive IT spending surveys, and in-depth field interviews with more than 600 IT executives and decision makers. The output:

	Ranked lists of what skills and certification are most in-demand right now
	Our forecast for which certified and noncertified skills will be most in-demand (and will therefore cost more) over the *next 6 months.*

With these valuable FREE reports you'll find out what's hot (and cold) in the IT labor market and what's driving the decisions of employers in matching skills requirements to business requirements.

	DECISIONS: If I delay the acquisition of specific skills and people currently budgeted for the several months, will it end up costing me more, less, or the same down the road?
	HIGHEST PAYING, HARDEST TO FIND: What are the highest paying IT skills and certifications? Will they get harder to find and more expensive to acquire?
	RETENTION WOES: For which jobs and skills am I most at risk for recruiters poaching my people?
	PAY PERFORMANCE: For the 540 most popular IT skills and certifications, which ones gained or lost value, and by precisely how much, in the past 3, 6, 12, and 24 months?
	VOLATILITY: How have economic conditions refocused workforce and staffing strategies and tactics, resulting in the highest volatility in skills pay and demand since 2001?
	CLOUD, BIG DATA, MOBILITY: What are the hot skills and jobs in these areas? How much does it cost in skills pay premiums to get (and keep) specialists?

**290 Noncertified IT and business skills in Applications Development, Architecture, Database, Messaging and Communications, Methodology/Process, Networking, Operating Systems, Project Management, SAP/ERP, Web/e-Commerce, Security, Storage/SAN, Systems Administration, TIBCO, Voice, Call Centers, Business Intelligence and analysis, among many others.

**250 IT certifications including Avaya, BEA, Brocade, Cisco, Citrix, CompTIA, CheckPoint, CWNP, EC-Council, EMC, H-P, IBM, ISACA, ISC(2), ITIL, Juniper, Microsoft, Nortel, Novell, Oracle, PMI, SANS/GIAC, SAS, SNIA, Sun, Teradata, The Open Group, TIBCO, CWNP, SNIA, Red Hat, and others.

SAMPLE PAGES from the 2012 IT Skills DEMAND AND PAY TRENDS REPORT and IT SKILLS VOLATILITY INDEX